This short newsreel, produced for the home market, shows the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) under attack by Japanese Zeros during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Although the carrier was badly damaged in the battle, it lived to sail another day and proved crucial to the U.S. victory at Midway a few months later.


This movie is part of the collection: PeriscopeFilm

Producer: Castle Films
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Language: English
Keywords: Newsreel.

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